Eun-hee, also spelled Eun-hui or Un-hui, is a
Korea
Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...
n feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the
hanja
Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom.
(, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, wh ...
used to write each syllable of the name. There are 26 hanja with the reading "''
eun
Eun, also spelled Un, or En, Ehn, Enn, Unn, is an uncommon List of Korean surnames, Korean surname, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. As given name meaning differs based on the hanja use ...
''" and 24 hanja with the reading "''
hee Hee or HEE may refer to:
Organizations
* Health Education England
Places
* Hee, Denmark, a village located in the Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality
* Hee, Netherlands, a small village in the island of Terschelling, Netherlands
* ''HEE'', the IATA c ...
''" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.
People with this name include:
Athletes
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Kim Eun-hui (volleyball) (born 1948), South Korean volleyball player
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Park Eun-hui (born 1970), South Korean fencer
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Cho Eun-hee (born 1972), South Korean handball player
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Kim Eun-hui (diver) (born 1973), South Korean diver
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Kim Eun-hui (judoka) (born 1973), South Korean judoka
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Jeong Eun-hui (born 1977), South Korean handball player
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Lee Eun-hee (judoka) (born 1979), South Korean judo practitioner
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Son Un-hui (born 1981), North Korean gymnast
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Chae Eun-hee
Chae Eun-Hee (also ''Chae Eun-Hui'', ko, 채 은희; born June 20, 1982) is a South Korean marathon runner. Chae represented South Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
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Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), ...
(born 1982), South Korean marathon runner
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Phi Un-hui (born 1985), North Korean football player
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Ji Eun-hee
Ji Eun-hee (; ; born 13 May 1986 in Gapyeong, South Korea), also known as Eun-Hee Ji, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She is also a member of the South Korean KLPGA.
LPGA career
Ji joined the LPGA To ...
(born 1986), South Korean professional golfer
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Ryu Eun-hee (born 1990), South Korean handball player
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Ryo Un-hui (born 1994), North Korean weightlifter
Entertainers
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Choi Eun-hee (1926–2018), South Korean actress and wife of Shin Sang-ok who was kidnapped by Kim Jong-il
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Bang Eun-hee
Bang Eun-hee (born Bang Min-seo on May 7, 1967) is a South Korean actress. Bang made her acting debut in 1988, and rose to fame after being cast as the lead actress in Im Kwon-taek's ''General's Son'' (1990). She has starred in films and televis ...
(born 1967), South Korean actress
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Hong Eun-hee (born 1980), South Korean actress
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Kim Eun-hee
Kim Eun-hee (; born January 7, 1972) is a South Korean playwright and screenwriter. She has been working on the Netflix series ''Kingdom'' since 2011.
Career
On March 5, 2017, Kim was announced as the creator and screenwriter for the Netflix pol ...
, South Korean playwright
Fictional characters
*Lee Eun-hee, in 2012 South Korean television series ''
Ji Woon-soo's Stroke of Luck
''Ji Woon-soo's Stroke of Luck'' () is a 2012 South Korean television series that aired on cable channel TV Chosun from April 21 to June 24, 2012 on Saturdays and Sundays at 18:50 for 20 episodes. It marks film actor Im Chang-jung's first TV st ...
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*Kim Eun-hee, in 2013 South Korean television series ''
TV Novel: Eunhui''
*Kwon Eun-hee, in 2013 South Korean television series ''
Goddess of Marriage''
See also
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List of Korean given names
This is a list of Korean given names by type. Most Korean given names consist of two Sino-Korean morphemes each written with one hanja. There are also names with more than two syllables, often from native Korean vocabulary. Finally, there are a sm ...
References
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Korean feminine given names